Category Archives: Sunday Dinner

Black-Eyed Peas for New Year’s Day

Since someone asked (Marsha – that would be you) – here’s the recipe for the Black-Eyed Peas I make for New Year’s Day… Chicken Smothered with Black-Eyed Peas Makes 4-6 main dish servings Seasoning Mix: 1 Tbsp. salt 1-1/2 tsp … Continue reading

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Obligatory “Happy New Year’s” Post

My god – you’d think I never cooked black-eyed peas and stout cake for New Year’s before… I can’t believe what a train wreck I have been in the kitchen today – but fortunately, nothing was irreparable, and I’m serving … Continue reading

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Terror on the Toilet

Family legend has it that my great grandmother, Jessie Spencer Eglin Amrock Fuller (and not necessarily in that order), died by burning to death after her hair caught fire when she leaned down to throw an envelope onto the hearth.  … Continue reading

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Finding Things and Not Finding Things

Pinterest cracks me up some times – I found a little sign the other day that read, “I can remember all the words to all the songs released in the 1980’s, but I can’t remember why I came into this … Continue reading

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Sunday Dinner

I decided that my Sunday Dinner posts are really Really REALLY boring – so I’m taking a break from that… if you just can’t stand it – I made Chicken La Costa on Sunday (1/29) – and it was extremely good, … Continue reading

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Sunday Dinner: 21 January 2012

Sunday dinner was on Saturday night this week – Don & Liz had another engagement on Sunday, but I couldn’t NOT see them, so we had dinner on Saturday instead.  We actually also had dinner at their house on Friday … Continue reading

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Sunday Dinner: 08 January 2012

Sort of cheating tonight… my friend Dave Diaz drives a delivery truck for US Foods.  He brought over a big frozen chunk of clam chowder base as a holiday gift for me the other day… it’s the base that Splash Café … Continue reading

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Sunday Dinner: 01 January 2012 – Happy New Year!

I’m making black-eyed peas for New Year’s – this is a tradition in my house – Dick & I did it every year forever… through thick and thin!  I love black-eyed peas – and I’ll just heat them up out … Continue reading

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Sunday Dinner: 18 December 2011

I’m just making spaghetti (easy) for tonight, but it smells really good already and I made a really festively pretty appetizer so I’m happy – I also dragged out the old plaid table runner (that’s just SO 1980s – whatever … Continue reading

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Sunday Dinner: 4 December 2011

I’m excited for Sunday dinner tonight – for a couple of reasons – I haven’t seen Don or Liz since last Sunday, which seems like an eternity… and since they were here last, I’ve decorated the house for Christmas.  The … Continue reading

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